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	Governor Signs Bill Expanding Role of Nurses, Loosening Appeal Rules		07/17/2018

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 260 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 38 min read
	Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed into law a bill allowing some nurses to certify that a person suffers from an occupational disability, and allowing injured workers to appeal a benefit denial anywhere in the state. ...Read More


	Greg Andrews Joins Alliant as SVP		07/13/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 194 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 32 min read
	Greg Andrews has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant as a senior vice president, based in New York. Andrews will provide customized benef...Read More


	Governor Signs Cancer Presumption Bill		07/12/2018

	State: NH \| Segment: NORTH \| 184 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 56 min read
	New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law a bill creating a presumption that cancer is an occupational disease for full-time firefighters who meet certain conditions. ...Read More


	Group Self Insurance Trust Can Compel Retroactive Approval of Worker's 3rd Party Settlement		07/10/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 183 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a group self-insurance trust was entitled to an order compelling the Special Funds Conservation Committee to retroactively approve of an injured worker’s settlement with a third-party tort-feasor. Case: In the Matter of Empire State Transportati...Read More


	Gov. Approves Extra Pay for Docs Treating Firefighter Cancer Claims		07/09/2018

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 236 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 32 min read
	Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed into law a bill that could allow doctors to receive a bonus for treating firefighters with compensable cancer claims. ...Read More


	Governor Signs Bill Limiting Payouts From Uninsured Fund		07/05/2018

	State: RI \| Segment: NORTH \| 425 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 53 min read
	Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed into law a bill that limits the amount that injured workers and their dependents could receive from the state's uninsured employer fund. ...Read More


	Governor Signs Bill Allowing WC Payments by Direct Deposit		06/29/2018

	State: NH \| Segment: NORTH \| 463 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 25 min read
	New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu this week signed into law a measure that allows workers' compensation benefits to be paid by direct deposit. ...Read More


	Governor Taps High School Classmate to Fill WCAB Vacancy		06/26/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 3517 \| 5 \| Popular with Legal \| 33 min read
	California Gov. Jerry Brown tapped a high school classmate to fill one of three vacancies on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and to get a hefty raise in the process. ...Read More


	Gov. Signs Bill Restoring Dedicated Workers' Comp Fund		06/15/2018

	State: LA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 236 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 232 min read
	Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law a bill that fixes a mistake made earlier this year and restores a dedicated source of funding to the Office of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More


	Government Employee Collecting Pension Benefits Can't Also Get Full Comp PTD Amount		06/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MD \| Segment: SOUTH \| 242 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 19 min read
	A divided Maryland Court of Special Appeals last month ruled that state transit authority employee was not entitled to retain his full workers’ compensation benefits and full disability pension benefits for the same injury. ...Read More

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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 37 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 26 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 31 | 0 | 1 min read

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 65 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 91 | 0 | 44 min read

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

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